diff --git a/packages/python/plotly/plotly/tests/test_optional/test_px/test_px_input.py b/packages/python/plotly/plotly/tests/test_optional/test_px/test_px_input.py
index eb0dfd63f9..db8f733c51 100644
--- a/packages/python/plotly/plotly/tests/test_optional/test_px/test_px_input.py
+++ b/packages/python/plotly/plotly/tests/test_optional/test_px/test_px_input.py
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@
 from plotly.express._core import build_dataframe
 from pandas.testing import assert_frame_equal
 
+# Fixtures
+# --------
+@pytest.fixture
+def add_interchange_module_for_old_pandas():
+    if not hasattr(pd.api, "interchange"):
+        pd.api.interchange = mock.MagicMock()
+        # to make the following import work: `import pandas.api.interchange`
+        with mock.patch.dict("sys.modules", {"pandas.api.interchange": pd.api.interchange}):
+            yield
+    else:
+        yield
+
 
 def test_numpy():
     fig = px.scatter(x=[1, 2, 3], y=[2, 3, 4], color=[1, 3, 9])
@@ -234,7 +246,7 @@ def test_build_df_with_index():
     assert_frame_equal(tips.reset_index()[out["data_frame"].columns], out["data_frame"])
 
 
-def test_build_df_using_interchange_protocol_mock():
+def test_build_df_using_interchange_protocol_mock(add_interchange_module_for_old_pandas):
     class CustomDataFrame:
         def __dataframe__(self):
             pass